Document Type

Book Chapter

Source of Publication

Abrahamic Reflections on Randomness and Providence

Publication Date

9-28-2021

Abstract

Some thinkers in the Christian and Islamic traditions assert that God doesn’t only create the universe ex nihilo, but that he also continuously recreates the universe in order to preserve its existence. This chapter will discuss randomness vis-à-vis the doctrine of continuous creation as understood in both religious traditions. We argue that the doctrine of continuous creation in its version that is held by both Christians and Muslims would preclude ontic quantum randomness. The reason is that in the doctrine of continuous creation, God is ultimately and meticulously responsible for the existence of objects and properties at every single moment.

ISBN

9783030757977

Publisher

Springer Nature

First Page

243

Last Page

264

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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yes

Open Access Type

Hybrid: This publication is openly available in a subscription-based journal/series

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